The Sun. — London, England, 1810-01-27 00:00:00

' s tetised to distress the trade of the enemy, bat! refi•giously carriedinto execition 7 0n.....the corr.' it was only by gle - partAfkom ,the Oideis that .the commerce of...the country had, kept alive. He aseribe;t6 oppostt e; any di.4,Eind 'alitrse in, the: ''""ling of licenseis.; - buf,Minist . ers and .Merchants: (nen, _and ii l bject to theawomorifeelings and, f'ri•aliti,es ; of lininau nature. indeed there appear.; 'ti be tnore'than the common ,weaknesS. of hu-• ' when.a M uistez .persuaded: ParliaMent a great measure of war, and then departed ' it, In the.au,e of -bark!, for instance.- Tbemo ' at a prohibition: to.. export that .article -was to : by r Parliatvrent, Government granted a to a merchant to export a large quantity.— supposes it possible that the merchant,, tins license had been granted, was a of ,the ,House of Commons, who had' vol.eci in support of :the odious measure, for '• 7 ittfringement of which he had subsequently 't 11 9. dii license. He .did not,l state this to be a bur heyvonld call upon the Right Hon: Gept: 2 ay whether it was or was not so: The Hon. Gent. `;'..lPosite had declared that: the whole commercial ', 4 terest of the .countiy. was. with the present,Ad -I"ittistrat This declaration vt/Is worth about as 'nucli as - that of .a worthy Alderman who had -pro tealeil that the while of the country evaswith gqt the tact,was, there was no mode that could • be . d ▪ evised more likely ter attach comme - rcial:Men to ~, vloverr,ment, than that the whole commerce . of 'the t °Putry,should be placid und r .theiiiontechite con : L 5 04,1- of„ Government., It Was an engine which in - 11 Y otho..state thait-the state of purity in Which we et pres : -nt might -be prodtictive•of the rricst . r. Ivlr. Ross _gavea distinct negative to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, with respect to triS know -of any license hating been grontod, ta'a Mem uer of that House alone-far the exPortaiion of bark: He.was no'faware that in a single instance 'a lie , rise 'lad heel) granted by the. 80ar21..0f Trade to an indivi 7 qua) at a time when licenses were reitised generally. Mr. WiLscitFOßCE,,adverting to the• Bill which had pa.ssed,laSt,Se,:sion, for preventing the export 4tion of , althoegh he was adverse .to that measure, yet thought. it b,ut just to. AdinitiistratiOn state,lhai it was notr,interided by that.till to pre vent the exportAion of bark eotirely,,but to pre veis-t. t fi um beiitg exp - Orted the eoncorrent exPottatio , , ot, other, arileles which the enemy 11:;c1 1. 4 - tased to taka Ir 40-us. . He granted that the car _ tying on ot irale by licenses was a suspicious mea- Nce,and : tiugii; to be 'watched by the House - with the utmost ; and .be.'particularly deplored tht great deptavat.oo ot moral charaCier which such s Y§tcr4 rwaa Lalc,ilated to produce.. however, 't lust he cvi end to evety ; reasonalile.hlind, that the exports:of the country ciitild not have,ariten to st;ch a 6tisitierable amoulit, it cioverkiwent i.ad made any Seletti on o f iliJr friends, or hart not dispensed the advarita ,, es of the licenses %vith pin eritial and itnpir ' tial hand, 'Sir ..I....NEwtPoaT deeWed, that however the ;nor . Chants ,of the . metropolis :might benefit by the> sys tem of liceilies, thOse of toe out-porls - were . ate rially by 'a. - -To'itLni . rliectiauge of measures, *!--inow-r•rariti';l4, now withholding 'licenses to it :A complete lottery, instead of that AC.I I l't hat n worst -arry reybeen encouraged spetitilation and garubl: •it phiceil• the trade o the w hole, country . at :the the metropolis, the merchants of tir,it . ready .zieeess . to the "Bitard of Trade, of Cow superior tuca4s of inforMatien„ This 4iii- , hevejely lett in Ireland; an-Juno moor.- so than in the city which he- had, the llonour fo'Tepresent. - SWEutc - stiici, that the enemy • Inid shut the doors of the Continent -against British commerce, but that by The Orders in Council we bad been en ailled to open them. : The imputation that partiality kbd been shewn to any man, or to,any set of men, was completely rebutted by ; the 'fact of the immense ihcrease in ii;e - excirrig ofthe ' Mr. BArrts - 6 declared, that the'Honsecolild not 'Watch the Present system ; that it was not suscep tible being WiAtt hed7 Still, : as fir aS . his own.ex- PerienCe went, 11 . c . rtaiiily "had . ,nov reason . to say that anylp4trakty had been Siiewn Upon the sub -3e(71 • put A:great _evil that the power of fitheWiiit partiality existed:in the_ Board of Trade, or rather r im ate R‘ght Hon Genil,than opposite, for it so lia;ipened that hu wgihe only Member .ot the 3 otird -wh.‘ lmess- any thing at all' abotit'Commeri:e. tty the present syStetu, the existence of all the suer- Chants.in the country was placed at the dis,:iasal of that Right Hon. Gentleman, - a principle which was not to be endured. As tothe Orders in Council for . !very commercial ptirpose they_ had`nor existed chic- Rig the last year. HoW„dherefore, the increase of trade could be attributed to them,• when in fad (if rtt o. , cisted:at all), itwas attributable to thealferation .01 thaVsystern, he cOuld.not.cornprelieud He was 2 1-)Pr , tt,ensi,ve, however, that when the su'rjeCt came to Le el,,sely investigated, the Biglit Hum: Gentle 12'all would find it difficult to prove that oar ttaee ''ad flourished so much as he, fondly imagined. As ° llt'vitiories had been uniattended with advantage i to the ti ansein whiCh they were gained, so our Cus torte-house temrns woMil be found cLsitnif•A from the 1111 ercase of commerce which they were supposed to Indicate. i s tJe hesolution .4as then agreed- to, and it •was ordered that the 1-lonse should on Monday, reiolve e ' elf a Comittee PI Supply. , , • - . . . . seltiih abounded in eereiin speeches miss. recent . orteror of Eureee, arid- of..the•British Govert man', , lic,tase, and the .answer - wohld7etrahle . himlto fix the e.v4iiing - .- Fo such an invest igi• - s-tioli jthe . House Was - di trac.lol to al'e).4ifere The French. General_ sedult,, period al winch teefriineetiry shied I •cominee e ee e ,At Mitt yet pledged.. ..A . I.\Toblee Lord,' pareetaletle ceoe, i sy.s complete! y.dele:ited in Pertegal on the 181 h of- '• priteent : hesewetildenenve;7es Tiett tt"Corre itit tee' he heetedevith this Expedition, lead declarsd that . the sM. A f , :eseth- part of his army., was aneilelatede s appeinted- to ineSeitehito' the - policy met coodeee et- •-iiSgiiiiu :e .Of the failure would jueify Alit- , r o't 1-1„ r e treated without a gun or biegage waggon._ ..1-le - the tattsFexpedition 4 tee-filte Seheldt '?" -• • - --- iteettieeeed - reirtute inquiry ibroets_cause.,',When c'h.e e .reel into, Gellicia,teni hostile- country, ..ret,utelr . e - Mte;Wl,...-Oteepeeektietered 'the ctoidect , oe the ''F.,x- - . . ~ No141 1 e! Lord -and Ans'fOrmer i:elleeiguee !thus. boldlye ale these 'd - olkoltis , , so..,soor k , as the 3d .of, 4- ; peition'. f Tier inettiketice of 'thy 013-ses lee,: . t,-:l di4cl.6dedeenerey, and -celled .'fer retributive ieetiee e gust, : ,coultWas. again 'in the „field.. with .e , ,recre4.-, ', to comma:id it; l Fit'ilse nature of. the county)., ,int.i c ee. he see is.leasitiy.to'give-them an deportunity •of 'prove. , ed, army furoished whh .every, means of .militerye force ageireit veleeli they hid to eon i ene es as la men t-• . ing that they eet e:ready touleet7theitiquirY, which ; ennoyatsce, ready .to cencieer : his conqueror, and able iii teed. . The Hon. Gen iletiVql then took a site they had hardily Ceellenged.''St - ill heseeves !he eeuld inehe bins feel,in turn,. the `evils which. he had in : (Attie view. of the t of the •oeerations. The otese:t . not avoid eusperting from fernie;lseeeeeeeieneeei W% ll Aitttt,l. . Bet e e witnt - 9 f-Aratspo_tis.„had been ...el-, .t originally : weee the:des:rte.:oon oftertaitt •arseteds and reieeleeting that, nesanst every - nl4lcm.. ii this nature, leged . ate A.:Cause-. for •the delay in attemptiog 10 - a number of ships.- -fosteed of . , thiis we destr-eed Some evesive plea' had besn „breed ; : ehe could - not , create a diversion in favour ofAustria. •He undere . •-.a...Sea-Well, took - . en ins'ignilicant town, ao-d lost a . aveAsuspectirig that however 13718ty•ikose wlio had , sio6d that the transports lent with SireAtthur We.k considerable - . portion of bur gallant army. Lord. been Ministers had called for . iiquiry.,- those who i' Lesley's force:had•boen.ordered not return until it ' , Chatham had stated,. in one of his dispatches, •• it it were Metistere would exert their utmost endeavours i was ; ascertained whether or' not he could maintain - Antwerp' was completely defended, having n my to thwart it. elt was' necessary that' he .slioold state '• leis : ground . 41 Portugal. if, therefore, -we had not 'ef ,- 35;000. 'met ~.,.ttot- • one of Ahem - he ( sir • i.-1 -; • the'f 4 Sitia and time:of propOsition : and first, wale re- . 1 ly,ten,inccessful at Lisbon, we• could not 'WO sent thought heliil fit!finture to say had ever been op gard to the filen, he intended to propose that. theln::l the Expedition to Walcheren; and by this happy poseet*ei 64-- e litism Allies... He thought tl.• 'quireshoulde he referred to a Cennentsee of the L management, a failure in one. quarter insured the House . eotittrltilti Sti t inotiee• for refusing to go' hitt) . 4 Vo wholeti , u , e,b - ecalse.he believed there was . no other 1 impossibility of making an effort in al!atber. Was.- ' • the inethey .. : ;: , esT r. fi t'` .. . beneficial mode df exerci e ing the itepaisitorial funs- th ere evet-any.Shing so indefensible as this ? Was- , Mr: (.4mcc4n:that the %beeches of the Nob e . . eltin of the House of Commons than by a CemMit- e :it exit thei bounden. duty of Mioistets, who had Lord and iieW.r . ?ffitlernatt were •roateriilly at - vari 'Wei' and b'eceuse .an Inqulry like the present ought : ateinserant,timo.for the purpose, to take care -that anceiet sev'eVanisrte, yet they' united in cite pare -not to be delegated to a Sect or Secret CoMmittee. i the means ahodld,he proportioned to the end, and ' cular, as both'tlie SPeakers•thoeght it woule eecoree . Unless the investigation were' referred td a Conituit- 1 that there should be transports. enough provided, for -that abuse . to tive: d ?ledge that it. would insi lotto tee,: the HoUse Must decide upon garbled exteacte of ell the Objeds which - they had in.view ? .And When , an. 'lngeirr into the eirebtrtstanCes .attending tie papers,' made out by the eery Ministers• Whose can- this mighty _ . expedition was at length prepared, - late Expedition He had listened to tlfe N o ble duct. was the object of that investigation. In a cum- - wl.ither did Uweernment send it ? To co-operate , Lord. with- •much .. ittention,• and 'kith greet pPr mittee, She-I-louse, if -necessary, could call for oral . with Austria ? No—To any piece where there was' sonal pleasure.- Oratory, like poetry, mietit not be dVideticts to elucidatethe wr i t t en . He-expected to a:Correspondent feeling;? No--they sent .it to a:l the woisc for having fi . c,tiiitr, attacht'd to its'sobk.a... , . . heir-great objections Made to. the - time of inquiry•, • spelt where, at every step, there was a fortresseo. 'Ministers - had beeti ..streken.,of-as „if ,Jhclr.with e d t0t' ,...,,: "..What !!' it would be said, ".Will you move tor . besie ge , where.-it was impossible that any advantage. elude . inquiry. -: Which of his.Maj , s•te' s. mity...?,:.„, -• the appointment of a Committee hetore then . - .tce!' - coca be gained bey,otad that. which the..first coup. de he would esk s Teeth! it:be the ebjekt 01,Gov er a rteli e eeiheelouse ?" sary pakrs. have been laid on the table stain might_ achieve.' :Planned as this Expedition - -to screen.? Cosild - ths, the:6l*a . o f t11.,- p resent Ad _ (Hear ! hear ! hear !) From the loud exciantnieni ne e ' been, in. dire&OpPosition to every established • ministration to.seleetrAliose Iron) inquiry wha w ,i re ' of the.Geittlemut opposite, he perceiv ed.that his con- mihfliy .principle, its condud . wkas in_ pettY:it . liar- no longer Members of. it: ? If• that ,wei e th e e a s s, , if:. jecinre :in this respect .was Mony With, its origin. • If the mosecommoo °be Ministers Were. sodisposed towards thesehetieelielis, Well fOunded.. But it was . a most shallow' objeOion. He: did not peopcee tleit server regarded. military history with attention, he What becareeo,.., that _nistiition ,which ehad he ei so' the t Housc should go•into tlie . ,C.tinuniitee that night; e eo uld,find two leading principles, on the observance loudly cemesießltt,of ? -Whet became ()f e tle t 5..., e e ee ' but at, in chefottnity to Constitetional ereetice, o f which success had always _de pe nd e d. The first , weenies eitel alet c hpe hatred which had-bee n - spolte,:f• a:tribunal should be escablished'before the opening i principle was to attack the princeiel object wish the of 'as. ekiStillg t if,4) . le,: ;we •Cabinent. ? - - Tee - .Nettle , Of anfevidence. To this tribunal the'necessary pa- main force, under the conviebone that if that were I Lord had 3Sice(46 . l4y :was. not the . late expeititioe pers :might be referred. when they e cre produced. subdned, the subordinate parts must necessarily give 1 , sent to the no*iiicOermany instead et Walchette.-? , His object eves, that the Should pleV3 itself • way; Tee next and collateral, principle sees, to . I He. had 04t#E4,; Mensters .lead•in etey toeth row e. to go into an inqtdry hi the otiV legit Ml 4: mode in : distraet the attention of the eeerny-from the defence , away on a liatcll(naii, why could not that-mon e y h a s e • which it could do so, and in lis eti - Urei to obtain of themtioobjed, as far as that couldbedune.cone 14e,sti expelidATin a.r expechtioh to the nor th,of Ger•- - that object that hewaa'sdre that he 'should nave the s'stently With the ', first grand principle. In these ' many ? .To this he would -reply that . there was . a rt sincere concurrent e:of L eery n e e rriend to his coon- two principles-was to-he found the secret of the ag-. ~ immense difference between - sending an expeditene try, •howeiseethoseete whore itiqueY was danger- graedise mete of France !bd.-the fall of, Europe.— Ito a Owe not more than -twenty-four hours s a il hornout, oUS, Might . uhituartly 'succeed in ;Stifling it. He • 1-i ow . %4 , .re.these principles to be supplied ill the our coast, and dispatchiog one: by a circuit tes ,kay t o - Wished to put the Ministers on their trial—not the case in question ? The Chief object of the Expecte- the Not th of Germany.. 'That, hewever o wee a sob- _ _ ' inquiry on its trial, for on the expediency of the la - tion .was the: destru&ion Of Antwerp--the Expedi- ject not then to be discussed - , :anal .he felt heetres ter no doubt' could be 'entertained - by any rational 1 tidn sailed on -the 28th July, and until the 29th i passed on the HeuSe by. replying so fully to-:thet and patriotic mitid, The case was sufficiently'botos 1 Augwit :no determination-was , made on the subjea s which he se .li oti i ii a s ti e to li s a e d. p b a e p6r ee s asouaa cit n tieatiiedrilys 1. la lts, ,4e .e ~013, tglt i rictus: --7.1.1' prospects of I hiS:cotintty 'bad- clesed where'll' was at length resolved not to attempt any forward: . mp iiifver,tdbe resopened. • Inquiry WaS indispensable to ' thing . bey Oset the capture of Walcheren I Itisteid of before lie . 1 - fotisnz(Vliich: had: been - prtmoieed hy, tee • .uiseoeer the 'author of . this 'calamity—to trace its,he ! imthediatjy attacking Walcheren, the army stepped Majesty, 's.(li6liqrove thA ehe detail :nab wheel p!,,,ress.--.atid. to discover the' most -probable means aside and assailed Flushing, and thus enabled 801)0 the Noble; 464' .ba.t ' ginered• had been esrestl, oi extricating us ttom lie c o nsequences. • To every ; Or eon° of. the, enemy to occupy for than double exaggebted au sifiliie paint, w and holly unfounded pert of' the conduct of the 'war the same 'obiec z - their number of British troops a conedera.ble ,ou eitcte. , iir4 Ifers. He.. had ;spoken of th e cit . tiense•;lay as to. the expedition. to • the'Scheldt. No and irrecoverable length Of time. . Any other court , cutustanasfith&r ikhicit the exp:.clition s iiV.I from •pregrOA had ..been- shade, - no advantage obtained: . cif of war would .have wished to' surprise a fortress this country, • uncandidly stating the dates o f th e i Every Operation hat been defeated, 'and the means ' .. by r apielity . oi. movm eent ; but we tried to surprise battles in Germany, without stating to Bettiethßettielit the country had been uselessly and shannefelly (its-. .. o n e - art c r a month's notice I Every other Government the periods at which • those 'events became k n e w' s. in ssipated.. . But al:hough - every part - 4 the coridtefl of b u t.Brill ti li would. have endeavoured to obtain tutor- E. , igland. - tiv 10d taken the same unfair a j v „ ti , th ,..... - she campaign was dins reprehensible, he , pruposed M a ti on of ti,e nature and extent of the force oppos- of the unfavourable state of the weather, 'amid w hil e .to inquire, first-into 'the policy and conduct of the • •ed to them; to ascertain•nt, least. whether Antwerp he spoke of tbOxit:l•!is in Germany as hiving beed liapeclition • .tu Waleberee, because this Was -a wit.: a- fntiess - tir not h,-fore they sent Lord Chatham known e a rlier than -it was. eoSslele to the tutorma, •` • failure .of :elle ep-eatesi calamity,, ,'.as the Means S"`‘-!ith 40,000.0-ten to leconnoirre and ad the part of -don to reait this country; be .had .spohn VC. th e l • employed•in Iliteoperaliati were of the must exten 7 . spies.' By Wh,st fitality, also, did, it happen that mi.• e p ): ., l: l e n d p i' l i: t ' t 7 d . e a! o h n av t in tlt g i : p be ar e t 7 . - o . l, 47l G ey . . , ed ,ert b l y m - q a n ' , c w a t r s t it i ' . sive magnitude. -.- frle 'chat Ceti .Iylinisters use mile • -nisters were uniolorol e d 4thepature . of the clininte, ..with Laving departed from every 'military . erinciele, to w!.ieri th-,:y were seiningethe British teeny, and. eight' Wier it Was.ready to snit s ;Its was . tree. th e e 'theseuudee , s 01. which experience - hack contirn ) ,ed, , that when it Wets discevered thehthe•chief °bred for , the actions the Honourable • Gentleman -had,spoken but of-paving. actezi in'tliiect..oppd3itiontO t . :Yery 4114:h • Which the 'Exeeditien was totined had beconieuttate of had taken place .on the .days .he h a d. p art i., principle. -111htS were proved,' w.hat tertnseot re, tainable, flees didnet order the innetediate re-tin e cuhuised. ' It WaS true, that the lestil e !ots..A ss probation-were sufficiently severe for }melee condiest. biriiationof the troops, bef :re pestilence and deso-. pro was fought on the 2 lit and e.esteoem e‘e b et it He would prejudge tro point; .- He would merely -tell lai'ron had thinned, t,heir ranks;- -instead of leaving was also 1aie,,t,6"1,..the news-of that victo r y did [wt . -Ministers, that it, with the book of expenence open •them to perish re a climate so fatal, and .at u sea- reach this. - c9otry before the.eth of Jane, and one • lion ite w?l: l l l l (l 4: j ipt4 9 . l . l . t H he e g i t t h p o o )f s . e j d u t n h e e I,\l ll) (sh e le x P L e r; i r i d ", betbre them, - they . had Acted in contradiEtion to all son too— • „ , . e :4 l . l l : r e ttt es ,r i:i u , u f d r s oa o t i le t s h t e ial bw i( a t as t i t t a le l n ir ot o f.ll :: s l i t : ;- ::: . ,-, lite lessons which out own mi , ;(ollnues and the sec-' • " whert mauve sisnceied and rash gale was death!" Cesses , of our enemiee_ lied, for such a long period, • He now came to, speck of. the chteice of a Corn- ~ affir(!ed, they hid either. proved themselves prodi- mandcr. It Was ithpossible, to -condemn such -a blundAring,.. ham i , edvised • the Exiateditikm- , to the S'A' t b r e. e y oh f ul r id e d l t :t ao h ‘ i n' i t i t i . g h t i l i t t tl' b e zt .had asked,been .w t h i l e y a rd of in this' con.i, sties of wisdom to be looked•up to with sentiments choice for. such. en Expeditioti.. If the Expedition of, admiration,. Or 'shallovvelsteined,projeaors, "Who i' had been planned wisely,. it would have been well ought to be reTarded with mingled sentiments of hie to have . selett ed e some Veteran " Traiti'd to, campy .dignetion -and contempt. ln 'which of these'claeses t and hardy fields ;" but planned 'as die Expedition dition sent before the battle Of Aspe rn e, To- euie the , they ought to -would, lea v e . f o r of hers i w as , i t wou ld have b een .crue l t o hav e plac e d a t its, Would reply, that ,as his Mij es ty wa s •ttri willing . to determine. Of this ht... was - sure, that iii Willich- i- head .any ilsAn , who had a military charaeiceto be- - Austritt should prec - pitate:itself Leo a •-.war • wilts ever it might be, die) Avere'entitli'd.t9 hold in it the ' 'Anted by. disgrece. He' had ,no ground. of corn- i France, aild had can. inner}Austria ilia. nst takinj most pre-eminent stairen.• • Though the result -of plaint to make against Lore{ Chatham. Toat.-plan, -such a slop, etniess groutids existed-for , e i rta „ r i,i:,- this• Expedition had been admitted by every one to ' which only his Majesty's present Governineot could rational hopes - of a - successful issue, it wou ld n et be most disgr:ceful'and calamitous, 'yet it was said r beire devised, only one of the same body could have. i have been well to have lavished our means mi d we e : , in his Majesty's- Speech that we plight derive from ; carried into execution, On a :review of 'the whole ed our reseurces, te prepare to aid A ustr i a et case of - it matter•of COmplacenee. and • congratulation- : Suble \ et, it was evident -that the British Ministers had e of an event which it teas h ope d would .not take •geatelalion ! we have, destroyed , a . besot); blown up ha a d strong genie .ti theirhauds, which they had iplace. Re. asiert , d, - that - nothing had ' . 1.,. !en - di . ,i• le till Aiistiia- had declared st ar aga i nst Fiance, and . ' a sluice, and-filled uredocice--=The enemy, to be 'nest feebly played..- In vain did the country slug-by this, country 'to elicomage such a strug g l e , sure, had` had the ins fence i' to-tell US, that the mis- • .Went its reseurces—it only tended .to add to its chief we had done mi2,llt soonebe repaired, but. that weakness. In vain did it multiply its enterprises- , - Conenitted herself. That done, then, - an d n o t ' t ilt . it wa s l o t stionable , e nA ter A t , was th e p o li c y o f i t on l y ten d e d to increase i ts revers e s . N e v e r was - then, England made COntrpill cause with her, .'and Freese to repair it 'or heit:l:'.. 11l * this undertaking there a :period in the British history at. which so gave her ail the aid . sh e round - a ff or d .. H ail Mims: - - Government had declared their 'objea to be. two- ; Much Was justly expected, and so •little aaeally ac- ters - 'cncoureged Austria previously, .and been the fold—first, to give aid' to Auserie by creatiog it di- ; cornplished. Gevetriment had !rid at then-disposal;cause of her entering. nt o that chsistro t ie. war , t h ee s versibn in .her favetif ;- edly s the British obje6t of act army beyond the example of all, form-r riches; ww-likl• base;:' kid inure to answ•l- !..n• th an , to. all destioying the arsenal' and -shipping of the enemy. toldiers, the beast and pride of Europe, of whom it the feilutes that had taken place, even (me ld t i n e ; s The state of - Austret had long been know)in this , WAS some some consolation to ettetendee?, . that failures be •prosedeo hare originated with 'Govern- country.- -Ii had •long been' notorious that she was at least bound, barren laurels on their brows, there ' meta. The Noble Lord had said he wouid. confine , arming for the purpose of 'makingatstlier gruggle to' Wesson), never. to oustity ! The British Go- • himself to Welehereue but far from doing this, hie for-her independence. The British Government had vernriene, iu thinuing the ranks o( our armies, had travelled into Spai n wh enever i t su i ted h i s Pur a year's notice, not by.delay . to waste in preparation ' had 'destroyed the last .. boup of our Allies.— ; pose to do so. -They would hear as nine!) said .that time which - ought to be spent in action. The If ever thew was . a peried which celled upon i against rashness as they had heard against caution. Austrian declaration of war well el Ott the. e.ll of :_ the Hoese to exercise;, with peculiar severity, The present was an age in which no indium ) , officer Aprile The battle • cif Asper), which give hope to its invisitorial tunaious, surely it Was the pre- i could hope to escape censhre, He looked tivbn it as Eutopeewas fought on the 2lst• arid MI of May. - sent ; 'for the present was the tlit , Sl awful crisis ! being one of the strongest sy m pt oms o f nat i ona l d el . Tht;hiame the fatal 'battle of Wagtails on the fith of tlTat ever held su•pended the destinies of a great i lamented th a t n o gradation, and it was much to be. July, acid by' Austria nothing inure could be done. ' Empire. He felt ' for the character which the ; virtuos i no talents, could expiate that original an t ,d On Ihe I 2th thii- Armistice was concluded, and. on - Home had to auppurt on this subjelid. He hid lung i receiving an Othoe from 'an hostile Admi n i s tr at i on. the' eat of July 'sailed. this grand 'Expedition to held a scit in the House, and he.h.rd everoonsi. i ln the good old tunes when an ()dicer went abroad a!isistAcstria! to-assist her after she had tellen never dead it his duty, as 'fir as in him lay, to maintain its •on a dengesous service, he wasgenerously upheld by: tit rise again. • Contrary to all experience, the Right • reputation as most es.emial to tae hopes and it,te- , the country : h's errors Were overlooked, instead of Hon. Gentleman opposite administered his medieinee rests of the country. The eyes and expeeta . ions of being . vindictively eXpolaed to universal rep ro b a ti on . te the dead. When GoVertinient Were asked 'why . , the ',whole petiole were direaed to the House of. 7 The Public Wished to keep up the spirit o f th e i r teseeliatr not endeavoured to create a diversion 'at Comminis. He wished be. could edd e with that re- , armies—" Go," they cried, "go fieht our ima m , an , earlierperiod in the North of Germany, tt.ey had liauce on : the wisdom and patriotism of their deci- . use' your own diseretion, but be brave !" V e l our - . ascribed their inaction to a . want of monisy, of .• sion which Me ked better tittles. Great as lied b--en was then thought to atone even for rn i seol i., ' troops, - and of transports. Although they cool; Isla- , icutlo,ses, s:.) extensive; Were. our resources, that it' ' duet. .W•ll,t_G4teral had ever lived who had not ed 'of a want of money for 'that purpose, they tes t ed Lif e Hou s e of Commons would becutne the eleen - - made some mistakes ? Had any of the gallant money enough' afterwards to send to the Dutchmen. ' pions of their own and the public inte!Ot, Airy ()dicers who heard him been uniformly .free- from And with respea to troops, :Sir J. Moore's Arai', alight yet • etietti.:lly, protect the 'count ry from- Ihe r • the cotntrasion of errors ? In the days of th e great which avowedly . Emmert the basis of. the'subs-equeut ' strength of its enemies, aid fronethe hueeeettce-of 2 Marlberough a spirit existed which put down e ue i e Expedhion, returned to this country in the moeth its, rulers; they • might yet re-annitne the expiring illiberal attacks. 7 :With a view of contra s ti ng t he and according to cur of Jaituary'last; but -was - , it seems, unfit to . resume seark, and siete Great Brnain flow the i keblVe . .cla — cotitlikt of our Generals' with the good f or t une . active hostilities uneil - Jely, although atethe time of eimbeedity tied rashness had subjusaheliiie rest of ' of Buunaparttiethe Noble Lord bad said that the its return the total loss whiCh•iteh el seseeined Was Europe., • The pi sin question IV ai, y‘'l,Atiher inquiry'_ -i army'_beaten by us. one • day, rjPignted not to exceed ~000 Men. 'Ora this sub- Would be genteel or refused. It granted, he should • accoUnts totally 11.4.1te, apearvd the next in greater *Ore waii.fiOrry to . be,ejimpelled - o — draW -- a; coil,- , 'ask the - Right Hon. Gentleman opposi:e when the . ,n9mbes ' , than . befiee Thus the force .o f S ou k, dri;:oti between the - conduct of the great ',Coe.- t i.necessary docninents Itvt,?uld .be,, preset - tied to t* . which had..been delealei by Lord Wellingt on , af. EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT. Lord Ppitc H EST ER said,. that when he gave potice. "i▪ n - flight of motion for a Con mittee o loquis . y., it . "as , his intention to 'propose, that tilt Committee tales tutu coqsideration tile: policy a,nlconduCt ...the whole of the last campaign, as h e then colt- Much a mode of loves igtioil u.ould be . )ent calctilat6d to She •.A. .the y of Mihisfers, nd the'disuuiOn of "thew various schemes. He had ▪ however, thought it better that the - parts of "f l / 4 campaign should tie eousLlertd sepaiateb. ; by. .separate con , ideration, the House would by _ precludtd ti - 6rn tstitt7.iting ilia p,incral t ' 3l 'ctry of the .should Proposition to a ' that tLe fit 'use /*"!1(1 re - sOlv.r. 'itself into a Cu;: ;vit:te iu inquire. into Policy and conchal it o Co' qie Tois Inot.lon wouit: (.1-p.tamity to stain the , n ic-iity ti, the. eX-4411 , 41., and of itivstiBat-ion Dprie Ince! aerial ) ct muggy he Ea;t of-3 14 ar s . WO" 1 3e - met' pr . 'lio Iva s rrturn z.a:ne 01 ig!►t bB 44.1 t tO L tlii.l3lr Wlll3OO (;_nrie' ,te..l) Of 11 4 ' 0 111.11 C ti ~7 iV~j~ till tcci tl• 6 thge' tiobabie ibe}e' hod rd (Tacit: W. at 0 16 lilcr the )ie that s Right sp-i ses 0 t ... %%as c-dtl+o. urpooi: 14 ; t" he dt!li - ' t,.01' )0t 170S' tS L';t+L'S'. set; tat ha tlitO would l I root bita hat n erco se .lie tor tic:a' At e, bni the ,stornfa ie (raw cl bee" fiso 3 ,g g him* 1,;e1 . The ,ne re' s in all 3entiv wiled 'clued! t~clered ur~c~'i ~ ~ fiat lea bt,"). xv!Ii 01 : 1 > akinlit Av."eo .clitit no- 'Tea to ranting . 16 iiity 1W halt lie bad )uitry, . Gen° (Aber/ Itnent" g's bi l l rreni 6 Ff . of VI icribed 11111 Ca• tiers ill laimed Ito full ye h ' ad in our dea)an t Ukase tat haci